hammer price
Britishnoun
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The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The final fee includes the administration costs on top of the hammer price paid to the auction house by the buyer, known as a "buyer's premium".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2023
The pension fund flipped the Codex Sassoon 11 years later for 10 times its hammer price.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
The hammer price was 6.2 million Swiss francs, but with commission the final price was 7.46 million Swiss francs, Christie's spokesperson Alexandra Kindermann said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2021
Though it had an expected hammer price of 10,000 euros, it ended up selling for €95,000.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2021
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